I'm dyeing my hair in preparation for dancing tomorrow, and our local Barony's annual bardic circle (Lochmere) on Saturday. I have given up all pretense of dressing in period for the bardic, and am going as a pre-Raphaelite wood nymph, in my green velvet cotehardie, and a bunch of seasonal greenery in my hair.

Yup. I have sunk low. It'll be pretty, though.I promise to make Bob take pictures.

Speaking of sinking low, the Lyrica has kicked my butt diet-wise, so I have been trying out various diet pills, seeing which one can work against the all-powerful urge to eat everything in sight the Lyrica produces.

(I'm serious. Bob is afraid to sleep in the same bed as me in case I start dreaming about BBQ Brisket.)

Now, I'm not expecting miracles from a diet pill - all I ask is that it kill my appetite, maybe shed some water, and not turn me into a neurotic wreck. That whole "burns fat while you eat!" thing is bullshit, and all anyone can really expect from a diet pill is an appetite suppressant, maybe a little diuretic action, and hope it doesn't induce a massive case of the jitters.

Unfortunately, the first two I tried did nothing - if anything, my appetite increased. I couldn't stop eating, and I was constantly hungry.

I am never constantly hungry.

I can now tell you that you can stay away from Xenadrine and some Swedish-sounding junk that has an umlaut or two in the name and claims to burn fat (wait... it's around here somewhere... ah. Aka(umaut)var. "fastest, easiest weight loss ever", my expanding ass).

But today, I tried SlimQuick.

Bingo.

Ah, sweet, sweet pill, how thou dost fulfill my needs! No jitters, and I haven't been hungry all day. Bliss. I'd take it right now just for the freedom from being hungry - but if it can get rid of the extra seven pounds that puts me over my max allowable weight, and maybe takes off six more or so that I'm in the middle of my desired range, I'll be ecstatic.

I am really so against the diet pills, because I think the diet pill industry is evil, but I figured if nothing else helped... But yeah, I'm pleased about the non-jitters. But that could be because of the other medications. *sigh*

Huh. When I was put on steroids a while back for my tummy troubles one of the side affects was ravenous hunger. I sooo remember what that was like - I'd eat all my food and be sitting there still hungry. I never thought to take a diet pill to calm the constant hunger.

I haven't been hungry like that in so long - bowl of oatmeal? Still hungry. Apple and peanut butter? Still hungry. Granola bar? Still Hungry! In the meantime, I've consumed 1000 calories before lunch. *sigh*

It's annoying and upsetting - like one's internal thermostat has been messed up. This pill works okay, though. :)

No Hoodia in this baby. Some caffeine, lots of B vitamins, a diuretic (I think that's some root or other) and "herbal" appetite suppressants. Their whole tagline is that they understand how women lose weight - it's even their website - www.howwomenloseweight.com - and they have the cutest cartoon ads. Right there, I'm predisposed to like them. :)

Should you mess around with one of the assorted Hoodia products on the market, let me know what you think. I know that, in principle, it has some metabolic effects that could actually suppress appetite, and that lab rats fed the stuff do lose weight, but still...

SlimQuick *works*? (Asks the person who has never found a diet pill that successfully reduces appetite. Most of them just give me what feels like a miserable case of heartburn in the way that no other metabolism-upper (like a cup full of espresso shots) can do...)

I'm tempted to try this - I know diet and exercise are key and all, but... I've found my scale is firmly locked at the number 163, and not heading up or down at all. Rrgh. (Ten pounds. I just want to lose ten pounds! *dramatic, flailing sob*)

Whoah. :) I remeber my mother telling me about a friend of hers who took speed to lose weight in the '50s (my mother, unfairly, was always blade-thin) - she cleaned the entire house and washed all the walls in one day. Whee!

Wow, this doesn't make you jittery? It contains the equivalent caffeine dose of two cups of coffee! Zoiks! With my high blood pressure I don't think I can use this one either. Dammit. I would love something that would just suppress my hunger (also a side effect of another med). I'm so tired of being hungry all the time....

I drink a lot of caffeine daily - I have very low blood pressure - and it takes a lot for any drug to have a effect on me, as I don't respond normally to most drugs (I am John's outlier in your medical study). I think also that the coedine, being a mild sedative, counteracts the jitters.

But I'm not hungry. That's really all I want - the weight loss is secondary. :)